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pjthompson) wrote2009-01-04 02:53 pm
pjthompson) wrote2009-01-04 02:53 pm
Things that made me happy meme - Day Four
Things that made me happy: getting books in the mail
I love getting books under any circumstance, but when I get them in the mail it feels like I'm getting a present! Sometimes literally, but even if I've bought them myself.
Yesterday afternoon I got the last two books in my Christmas gift certificate orgy. People know I like getting book certificates so they tend to give them to me. Which makes me very happy. I got $80 worth this year between Barnes and Noble and Amazon, and the book glut commenced. I tend to spend every last penny, plus some of my own money. Which means I often buy used books as well as expensive or more esoteric books I might not necessarily buy otherwise. I think I did really well for myself this year.
(Ha! Jimmy Durante singing "Make Someone Happy" just followed Coldplay on iTunes.)
1. Meeting the Other Crowd by Eddie Lenihan and Carolyn Eve Green - Kind of latter day Lady Gregorys, then went about collecting stories of the Fair Folk in Ireland. Mr. Lenihan is a storyteller in the old tradition.
2. The Secret Lives Of Elves & Faeries: From the Private Journal Of The Reverend Robert Kirk by John Matthews - An illustrated novel based on the famous fairylore classic.
3. The Greeks and the Irrational by E. R. Dodds - A classic of mythology.
4. Life As Carola by Joan M. Grant - A novel supposedly based on one of her "remembered past lives" as an itinerant player in the middle ages. I tried reading this when I was quite young and although I never finished it, I never quite forgot it either. I thought I'd try it again to see if I can get through it now.
5. The House of the Stag by Kage Baker - Always a favorite.
6. Mysterium Coniunctionis (Collected Works of C.G. Jung Vol.14) - Min's study of alchemy should really advance with these next two. :-)
7. A Commentary on the Mutus Liber by Adam McLean
8. The Complete Metalsmith by Tim McCreight - An indispensable classic.
9. Semiprecious Salvage: Creating Found-Art Jewelry by Stephanie Lee - I'm not as fond of her finished pieces as I am by the techniques she shows, but it's very creative stuff.
I love getting books under any circumstance, but when I get them in the mail it feels like I'm getting a present! Sometimes literally, but even if I've bought them myself.
Yesterday afternoon I got the last two books in my Christmas gift certificate orgy. People know I like getting book certificates so they tend to give them to me. Which makes me very happy. I got $80 worth this year between Barnes and Noble and Amazon, and the book glut commenced. I tend to spend every last penny, plus some of my own money. Which means I often buy used books as well as expensive or more esoteric books I might not necessarily buy otherwise. I think I did really well for myself this year.
(Ha! Jimmy Durante singing "Make Someone Happy" just followed Coldplay on iTunes.)
1. Meeting the Other Crowd by Eddie Lenihan and Carolyn Eve Green - Kind of latter day Lady Gregorys, then went about collecting stories of the Fair Folk in Ireland. Mr. Lenihan is a storyteller in the old tradition.
2. The Secret Lives Of Elves & Faeries: From the Private Journal Of The Reverend Robert Kirk by John Matthews - An illustrated novel based on the famous fairylore classic.
3. The Greeks and the Irrational by E. R. Dodds - A classic of mythology.
4. Life As Carola by Joan M. Grant - A novel supposedly based on one of her "remembered past lives" as an itinerant player in the middle ages. I tried reading this when I was quite young and although I never finished it, I never quite forgot it either. I thought I'd try it again to see if I can get through it now.
5. The House of the Stag by Kage Baker - Always a favorite.
6. Mysterium Coniunctionis (Collected Works of C.G. Jung Vol.14) - Min's study of alchemy should really advance with these next two. :-)
7. A Commentary on the Mutus Liber by Adam McLean
8. The Complete Metalsmith by Tim McCreight - An indispensable classic.
9. Semiprecious Salvage: Creating Found-Art Jewelry by Stephanie Lee - I'm not as fond of her finished pieces as I am by the techniques she shows, but it's very creative stuff.
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